14-letter words containing m, u, s, o, p
- marsupial mole — a burrowing Australian marsupial of the genus Notoryctes, resembling a common mole in form and behavior.
- mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
- megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- melanospermous — having dark spores, as certain seaweeds.
- microcephalous — Microcephalic.
- microcomputers — Plural form of microcomputer.
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- micropulsation — a very minor fluctuation in the strength of the earth's magnetic field
- miscomputation — an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
- mispronouncing — Present participle of mispronounce.
- mispunctuation — incorrect punctuation
- modus operandi — mode of operating or working.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- mount pleasant — a city in central Michigan.
- mount prospect — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
- multi-personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
- multiple store — chain store.
- multiprocessor — parallel processing
- munitions dump — a place where munitions are stored
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- mustard powder — Mustard powder is a yellow powder. You add hot water to it in order to make mustard.
- mutton snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus analis, inhabiting the warmer parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, valued as food and game.
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- neurocomputers — Plural form of neurocomputer.
- non-assumptive — taken for granted.
- nonconsumption — the refusal to consume certain foods
- nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service
- numa pompilius — died 673? b.c, 2nd legendary Sabine king of Rome 715–673?
- olympus, mount — mountain in N Greece, between Thessaly & Macedonia: c. 9,580 ft (2,920 m): in Greek mythology, the home of the gods
- one-upsmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- opossum shrimp — any small, shrimplike crustacean of the order Mysidacea, the females of which carry their eggs in a pouch between the legs.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- papillomavirus — any of several viruses of the family Papovaviridae, containing circular DNA, causing papillomas in various animals and responsible for human genital warts.
- parajournalism — news reportage that strongly reflects the point of view of the writer or editor or that uses techniques not practiced in conventional journalism.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- period costume — the attire typical of a particular period in time
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
- plumbous oxide — litharge.
- plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
- pneumobacillus — a bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, causing a type of pneumonia and associated with certain other diseases, especially of the respiratory tract.
- pneumoconiosis — any chronic lung disease, including anthracosis, asbestosis, and silicosis, caused by the inhalation of particles of coal, asbestos, silica, or similar substances and leading to fibrosis and loss of lung function.
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- podophthalmous — relating to a crustacean
- polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.